by Malcolm Lowry · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788402092397
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«Bajo el volcán» is the novel by Malcolm Lowry, published by Bruguera in paperback (414 pages, in Spanish).
The novel is set in Mexico during the Day of the Dead in 1938 and follows Geoffrey Firmin, an alcoholic British ex-consul whose life falls apart as his marriage crumbles. With obsessive realism and symbolism, it addresses guilt, loss, love and self-destruction, turning the Mexican landscape into a reflection of the protagonist's inner hell.
Work originally published in 1947 as «Under the Volcano». This Spanish edition, translated by Raúl Ortiz y Ortiz, belongs to the Libro Amigo collection (no. 975).
For readers of classic fiction and twentieth-century British literature seeking a dense and symbolic novel.
Clarence Malcolm Lowry was an English poet and novelist who is best known for his 1947 novel Under the Volcano, which was voted No. 11 in the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels list.
